Chapter 1930

The players were frightened, running wildly out of the wooden house, no longer remembering the game hint that said the wooden house was a safe zone.

The person running in front had just opened the door when they felt a shadow descend, and a white wall covered in hair suddenly appeared before them.

That person stared blankly up, then suddenly terrified to the point of losing their voice; the next second, head and body severed, they didn't have time to say another word.

That wasn't a white wall.

It was a broken rabbit's head blocking the doorway, taller than the wooden house, with blood still seeping from the ground.

Ahhhh!!

Save me! Save me! Don't close the door!!

The player blocking the doorway hurriedly shut the door, because those who couldn't retreat due to impact inertia were locked outside, frantically pounding the wooden house door.

Until the screams faded, a richer blood color spread.

Inside, the rabbits had already approached, like a dense blanket spread on the floor; the moment the wooden house door closed, they immediately squeaked and pounced on anyone they saw.

Ruan Fu drew a dagger without hesitation and stabbed it into the back of the lunging rabbit.

The dagger pierced that rabbit through and through, its tip screeching against the ground, but in the next instant, the completely unaffected rabbit opened its mouth, its two sharp teeth sinking fiercely into Ruan Fu's wrist.

Squeak!

Jin Chen flicked that rabbit away, picked it up and threw it into the rabbit pile.

Ruan Fu's face darkened: 'Rabbits can't be killed.'

Ji Luo tied up her ponytail neatly and cursed angrily: 'Damn, the game's props can't kill monsters—what a sick setting.'

Yun Zaozao solemnly adjusted her glasses, her gaze sweeping over the other players struggling against the rabbits, trying to find a breakthrough.

But stabbing with a knife was useless, throwing it away was useless, even skinning them alive was useless.

On the contrary, players accidentally bitten by the rabbits would easily be torn apart and roll on the ground, eventually falling into the rabbit horde, and within a dozen seconds be devoured down to bone.

The smell of blood inside the wooden house was thick enough to suffocate someone.

"Food… food…" Yun Zaozao kept thinking, her fingers unconsciously rubbing the hem of her clothes, trying to find a method from the game prompts.

Hearing his muttering, Ruan Fu's expression shifted slightly; she instinctively touched her pocket, then heard Jin Chen ask beside her ear: "What are you looking for?"

Ruan Fu glanced at him, the gaze hidden beneath her silver-tinted bangs cold, yet she still said: "Fire."

"Fire." Jin Chen raised an eyebrow, repeating the word, then pulled out an extravagantly expensive lighter from his light-brain space: "Here."

Ruan Fu took it, casually grabbed the cloth hanging on the wooden house wall, lit it, and threw it into the rabbit herd.

A shrill squeaking suddenly burst out.

"Fire works!" The players exclaimed in surprise as the fire-covered terrifying rabbits were instantly charred to coal, and they hurriedly imitated the action.

Jin Chen praised beside Ruan Fu: "So clever."

He slightly curled his lips, his profile illuminated by the firelight glowing in the wooden house, appearing warm and bright.

"Not bad, you…… them." Jin Chen saw the gazes of Ji Luo and Yun Zaozao staring over, and immediately Change Address.

Ruan Fu: "……"

Jin Chen clearly saw mockery in Ruan Fu's expression.

The Water-Balancing Master Jin Chen felt greatly wronged, silently shifting a bit behind Ruan Fu.

At the moment all the rabbits were burned to death, the interior of the wooden house refreshed as if by a reset program, restoring its original state, and thirteen plates appeared on the long table.

〖Broadcast: Current number of survivors: 12 people. 〗

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On the barely sufficient dining table where people could rest, the gazes of those with intentions were also very active.

After just a few missions, those who truly have strength will gradually reveal themselves.

And Jin Chen, who possessed both the protagonist's halo and a strength buff, despite his great reluctance, became the most noticed person at the entire table.

"This handsome guy, our team is also strong—want to form an alliance?" The player eager to cling to a thigh looked forward to Jin Chen's reply, only resenting having initially regarded this man as a mere pretty face.

Jin Chen sliced the rabbit meat on his plate, looked up sincerely: "I don't handle matters; forming an alliance requires asking my teammates."

"Why?" the buzz-cut male team leader asked, very surprised: "Isn't it that the strongest becomes the leader?"

Upon hearing that, Jin Chen glanced casually at Ruan Fu, flattery flowing effortlessly, his tone tinged with indulgence: "See, the team leader should be you."

Ruan Fu's fingers gripping the knife and fork tightened, her eyes slightly lowered: "Shut up, or die."

Before Jin Chen could react, Yun Zaozao snatched his attention again, her grinning expression looking fake no matter how you saw it: "Brother Jin, do you think I'm not strong?"

Jin Chen: "……"

"Your intelligence is high; you are hoped to be the team's strategist."

This time without Ji Luo needing to speak, praise immediately fell on her head: "You're also very smart."

Ji Luo rolled her eyes magnificently, not really wanting to join this dead-end topic, which seemed like her father's and a fight for favor.

Jin Chen let out a slight sigh.

《Balancing the Water Is Exhausting, I Just Want to Praise My Wife》

Jin Chen again shrugged at that team leader, the meaning obvious: "See, I told you I don't handle matters."

Buzz-cut man: "……"

This team is really complicated.

Yun Zaozao, pleased by the praise, pushed her plate toward Jin Chen: "Brother Jin, thanks for saving me today; eat more to replenish your strength."

Jin Chen, expressionless, picked out the poison beneath the rabbit meat and tossed it under the table.

"I advise you to eat more; there's only one meal a day."

"... Boring." Yun Zaozao snorted, then gave Ruan Fu a meaningful glance, her smile deepening further.

Jin Chen had Ling Gun Gun keep track of time, taking 9 p. m. dinner as the start; half an hour later the whole forest seemed to have its lights pulled, instantly shifting from dusk to night.

The first day is about to end.

No squad dared to approach the attic; they were distributed, resting on the upper and lower floors.

A thick, pitch‑black night where you couldn't see your fingers.

Ruan Fu sat leaning against the wall, her ever‑present dagger occasionally scraped by the pad of her finger.

Beside him lay the sleeping Jin Chen; Ji Luo and Yun were obviously exhausted enough to be annoyed, with no intention of acting at night.

Ruan Fu felt no sleepiness whatsoever; to be exact, after being rescued from the sea by that person, she hadn't dared to sleep soundly a single night.

A cool fingertip slowly pressed, the dagger's blade nicked her thumb, and the sharp pain made her mind even clearer.

Those blood‑stained and deceitful memories of the past surged back again.

Ruan Fu took a deep breath, her blood‑soaked finger unconsciously pressed against her chest, and veins stood out on her forehead.

Jin Chen

Jin, Chen

Jin Chen was startled awake by the killing intent swirling around him.

Just as he sat up, a body with almost no warmth pressed against his back.

In the night, Ruan Fu's silver hair was disheveled, her lovely brows and eyes brimming with killing intent like a ghost or a demon, seemingly affectionately clambering onto Jin Chen's back.

"Where do you want to go?"

Half‑dreaming, half‑awake, Jin Chen almost thought he had been coiled by a cold, slimy poisonous snake.

He was fully awake, feeling the sharp pain pressing against his back, his mood complex.

"Put the knife down first."